An oldie, but a goodie: This week (Nov. 2-7) and next week (Nov. 8-14) The Cleveland Independents are celebrating Restaurant Week. Huh? Which week? What, the paper’s now a restaurant? When did that happen? Confused? Yeah, it gives the Food Fairy a big ‘ole headache too. Here you are reading about the Cleveland Independents (the restaurants) in The Independent [...]
Well, this was going to be a big deal. A very big deal. The chance for a career-enhancing coup was within reach. The Food Fairy was going to the IX Center’s fourth annual Fabulous Food Show. If fabulous is in the title, then this fairy was going to be all over it. [...]
By: Sarah Kotzman Cleveland, I’ve found it. Something I know you will thank me for… THE ULTIMATE DRUNK FOOD. It’s genius. The bad boy of chow; the king of midnight mow-downs: The Potato Pancake Reuben at Rocky River Brewing Company. That’s right, screw bread – they serve the sandwich sans such. Instead, [...]
By: Mark R. Mackert Long before The Food Fairy started sharing extraordinary insights about edibles, we had dinner at Americano, Original Great Lakes Bistro, at One Bratenahl Place. Four, count ‘em, four times in all. Because of its convenience, we hoped it would be the last in the endless line of [...]
Here’s the dish: I’m a cheap ass who hates the responsibility of packing a lunch in the morning. So when it hits noon, I need economical nourishment, and fast. Most of us have an hour or less – we’re on foot, we’re in heels, we don’t want to pay for a parking garage again. We’re [...]
By: Mark R. Mackert Bodega isn’t so much on Coventry, it’s below it. Literally. Semi-subterranean can be sexy and mysterious. Going down or under anything is s-o-o-o very nice. From an unpretentious doorway at the north end of the Courtyard on Coventry, we descend an open staircase facing a tall kick-ass water wall. Did I mention [...]
By: Sarah Kotzman Honestly, I’m not much of a health nut, but I do have occasional urges to improve my quality of life. So when Good ‘n’ Raw hung their banner a few weeks ago, I had to check them out in the hopes they could turn my dietary habits around, one [...]
By: Mark R. Mackert For years I have been intrigued that there is a restaurant on the old Superior Viaduct off W. 25th St. Not intrigued enough to actually go, mind you, but intrigued nonetheless. I’m a huge fan of retrofitting unique places and spaces for new uses (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). But a [...]
The Petite Triangle is pretty self-explanatory. It’s petite. It’s a triangle. And it’s a freaking trifecta of flavor, hospitality, and selection. A TINY little restaurant in a triangular building, The Petite Triangle is squeezed onto a plot totally out of Paris… in Ohio City. Maybe eight tables encompass an open kitchen – almost Hibachi style, [...]
I’m a 60-year-old gay man who is passionate about food, i.e., how it’s grown, prepared, presented, yada yada. I do not want to be a foodie when I grow up. I’m an out and proud food fairy. Deal with it. I don’t get reverential about what I eat. It’s food for chrissakes, not the Second Coming. And, [...]
